Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-14
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The horsemen Of the City Of Mex
leo arc subscribing money to aid the
city in repairing the streets so that they
may Be able to use their horses
cago Herald.
"A Winnipeg photographer has put
himself in a way to have fine lot Of
libel suits. He recently exhibited q
case full of photographs Of his debtors.
each being labelled with the namc. adj
dress. and Indebtedness of the person
represented.
The Gear has an album: with the
pictures Of all the Nihilists who have
been implicated in plots against his
life. When the last attempt was made
he remarked that the alt-lm would soon
be filled. as there were only few pages
left.
An Office in connection with the
Greenwich hospital. England. was abol-
ished. the occupant thereof receiving .
cratuity Of $500 and pension Of
$500. and the Office was soon after
re-es:ablished with q new title and q
salary of $1,000.
1t has been discovered within a
short time that the schools which edu-
cate the bulk Of German children
teach German history only down to the
year 1912. SO that all contemporaneous
history remains unknown to them.
The London General Omnibus
Company pays ayearly dividend Of l24
per cent. The average price paid for
their new horses is $40. They had
one horse die on their hands every day
in the year. To carry 10000 900 pas
sengers Il year they have $50 oMni-
buses in service.
"A. the present time there are on
the pension lists of the British army
the names of widows of officers to
whom pensions were granted seventy
years ago. Some of these widows
must therefore be from one hundred to
one hundred and thirty years of age.
But the average Englishman is scep-
teal on this point. preferring to be-
lieve that there is fraud somewhere
PHILADELPHIA Call
Generally man dies leaving less
properly than he supposed that he
owned. The Baron du Meuil, of Brus-
sells. however. thought he owned but
small property. and after making
few legacies. directed the remainder to
he spent on his tomb. Some 5000. 900
has been found to have belonged to
him. and his heirs are trying to find
out whether it must all 90 into
An immense kiln in the center of
the tobacco warehouses at the London
docks goes by the name of the Queens
1t is kept burning day
and night, and merchandise seized for
non-payment of duty. or because it is
under the law damaged or
unstable, IS burned in the kiln, the
owners having no remedy. The ashes
are sold for fertilizing purposes.
Mr.. A. Rea has discovered at Ma
habalipur or Seven Pagodas-some
thirty miles south of Madras. on the
coast-a hitherto unno-
ticed cave temple, in addition to those
already known to exist there. Anovel
feature is that 1t has in front a double
detached basement. with sock
cts for wooden posts. Mr.. Rea has also
found short Pallava inscription,
which may be of Importance. for none
of the other inscriptions at Mahabali-
pur supply any clue to their date.
The Inralide RMsse, the official
Journal Of the minister of war, gives
the effective forces of the car on the
first of January, 1886. According to
this account the Russian regular army
at the time S24. 1872 soldiers
and 80. SIS generals and officers. The
reserves amounted to 1,60O.S15 men.
The militia of the first call counted
2, 100, O0O men. And this without
counting the Finland regiments.